⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 28 from three- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 16-6 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 5:20 · NY 16-11 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Al Harrington technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 6:01 · NY 67-74 MIA
- Missed FT
Al Harrington misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 2:46 · NY 75-81 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 3:04 · NY 16-19 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 0:12 · NY 23-27 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 0:35 · NY 37-47 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mario Chalmers misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:23 · NY 82-90 MIA
- Missed FT
Mario Chalmers misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:09 · NY 84-91 MIA
📊The numbers
| NY | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 11 | Assists | 13 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
